Bogotá is home of many museums that in their expositions, paintings and works contain the history of Bogotá and Colombia. If we are really interesting on discovered traditions and details of our city and country we should go to museums and explore all that important things that very carefully they select and show to us.
La Casa de la Moneda:
La casa de la moneda is located in the Cll 11 # 4-93, in the neighborhood of La Candelaria. It has a structure of colonial house, in here where there where minted the first coins of America in 1622.
Inside the room of the house you can take a tour watching how the bills and coins were and are made. Also you can observe the different stages that Colombia had to pass from the bater to actual Colombian peso. As final point you can see a little of the history of Colombia's economy
When you visit La casa de la moneda on holidays they give you a especial coin as a souvenir.
Museo de Botero:
SCHEDULE AND LOCATION:
Calle 11 No. 4-41, BogotáMonday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.Sundays: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Closed TuesdaysAdmission is free
El Museo de Botero is house of a large collection of works of Fernando Botero. This museum has the intention of spread the arts culture in Colombia. 87 works belong to his personal collection world art. The other 123 workswere made by the same artist.inside the museum pudes appreciate some of the best-known works by Botero.
In my personal opinion i did not enjoy my visit to this specific museum because I do not like Boteros work. But i go because he is one of the most recognized artist in Colombia and even in the world.
Museo del Oro:
El Museo del Oro is located on the Parque de Santander, en la carrera 5ª esquina de la calle 16. Go to the museum is a grate opportunity to see the city and take the public tranportation Trasmilenio. Once inside the museum you can take a tour to see the history of gold and other precious metals of the prehispanic societies in the country.
The museum is dived in 5 rooms: The metal working, (El trabajo de los metales) People and gold in the prehispanic times, (La gente y el oro en la Colombia prehispánica) Cosmology and symbolism, (Cosmología y simbolismo) The offering (La ofrenda) and the last one The exploratorium (El exploratorio).
In my personal oppinion visiting this museum is a grate expirience if you like Prehispanic Colombian history or the leyends of that time like the one of the "La leyenda del Dorado". I enjoy going to the offering room, that for me is the best room of the 5.
